Thursday, January 1, 2015

Review: The Duality Principle by Rebecca Grace Allen

The Duality Principle is a classic tale of boy
meets girl on a blind date. Boy likes girl but thinks she's too good for him
because she's super smart and super educated. Girl likes boy because he's super
gorgeous but fears he's a super nerd since he wears a phone case on his belt.
This poses a problem for girl since she's always fantasized about dating a bad
boy who can drive her wild with desire and maybe introduce her to a little
light discipline. Can you possibly imagine what happens next?

This is an entertaining story with messages about
how people commonly have multiple layers to their personalities – and sometimes
those layers seem to directly contradict each other. Connor is a guy with a
troubled past, but he's trying to clean up his act and live a good, responsible
life. Gabriella meets him when he's wearing his button-down shirt and khakis,
so she assumes he's a tech nerd who can't possibly give her the kind of hot,
world-rocking sex she craves. Meanwhile, he assumes that a brainy girl in
glasses can't possibly be into the down-and-dirty that he's skilled at.

The main characters are engaging, and you want
both of them to find happiness. There are frustrating moments, though, where
any normal human would immediately grasp what's going on. Our characters remain
clueless, however. Like on their first date when he's feeding her cake in a
sexy kind of way. Is this really the work of the nerds from Big Bang Theory?
Not likely. And when she's moaning, grinding, and eagerly obeying orders during
their first kiss, maybe his response shouldn't have been to immediately take
her home. Sigh. Those crazy kids. They're like Romeo and Juliet only older and
without the family feud or the suicide. Okay, they're actually nothing like
Romeo and Juliet.

Overall, this is a good book with a hot guy and
some steamy sex. The storyline is predictable, but since it's a romance novel,
that's not a shock. Also be warned that it's got graphic sex that will
doubtless appeal to some readers but not all.

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